I was at a minor league hockey game and something similar to this happened to me. They were throwing t-shirts into the crowd and this little kid ran for one just as I grabbed it, so I gave it to him. He didn't even say thank you or anything he was just yelling about how it was his. Later on in the next intermission he comes back right to the same spot. The people behind us get a t-shirt and he tries to get it from them by complaining again. Good thing they didn't give it to him.

This is why I'm so torn about these situations. Like obviously the OP gif and the Astros lady are totally in the wrong, but you also would have been vilified if you hadn't given the shirt to the kid the first time. It sucks that there's a window of opportunity in which it's appropriate to keep swag from a game, and once you exit the window, you're an asshole for wanting something. If I never received anything, I don't give a fuck that I'm 21. Some 12 year old isn't getting it because he's younger. These are no win situations for people who want to care about getting something.

My brother had this happen to him at a Cubs game. The guy started getting booed by the crowd though so he went and gave it to a little girl but not back to my brother! There is a happy ending though. Another fan there with his own kid went and bought a ball with all the player's signatures and gave it to my brother.

The thing I think is the most stupid about buying an autograph is that to me the entire point of having a signature of a celebrity is so you can say "Hey look, I met this celebrity once, here's the proof that I met them!" so buying one is just dumb. Another thing is that there's no real way to tell for sure if a signature is faked or not, any signature can be faked to the point of perfection.

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Fun fact, the guy dishing out the beating here is pro skater Mike Vallely. The stick was intended for was his daughter. He was arrested after the incident and the Anaheim Ducks cut him off their promotional ties with him.

It didn't go to him at all. He tried to pull it away from the crowd and that's why he got beaten up. Not only that but most people understand that these things are for children. He was right in front of the kid, it was clearly for her. That's why he got the shit beaten out of him.

It's from a game between the Yankees and the Red Sox in Boston in April 2014. Here's a source. There might be a better source somewhere. It doesn't say who got the ball, but might help you find more info.

These kids are trolls man, I'm telling you. In this case thought the guy was wrong as the player was clearly throwing the ball to the kid. However, I had never caught a ball in all my years of going to baseball games and a couple of years ago when the Orioles were playing the Royals in the ALCS a ball came my way and I had to out jump 5 people to catch the ball. People were congratulating me on the nice catch and less than a minute late all the little trolling kids starting walking by looking for a free ball no doubt. I'm sorry I just couldn't cave, it was an ALCS ball from a team who hasn't won a World Series in over 30 years. It's my $5 ball.